Football as a Metaphor for Life.

The average NFL football game has 153 offensive plays.  And therefore, 153 defensive plays, so as to try and prevent those crafty offensive guys from scoring.

You should know that each team will have an average of 63 offensive plays.  Although in a fast-paced game, with lots of passes, it could be as many as 75.

(In life, like football, you'll have many chances to find success, despite many stumbles and falls.)

And each of those offensive plays will be met with a defensive response, with lots of big brutes dead-set on crushing the offense like a bug.

(Meaning no matter what you try, there will always be those who'll do their best to see that you fail.)  

The average Quarterback, who leads the offense and makes $Tens of Millions of Dollars, must memorize somewhere between 75 and 100 pass plays, and 20 - 25 run plays.  And the defense will attempt to break him in half.

(Meaning you'd best be prepared in life, fully educated so as to have the very best chance at success in life and make the $Big Bucks.)

And there are multiple judges who will try and oversee every single aspect of the game, so as to make sure no one takes unfair advantage.

(Meaning we have a Constitution outlining the "Rules" by way of which we're all supposed to be playing, even though not all of us choose to honor it.)  

And there are those who paid to get in and watch this game be played.  Tens of thousands of them.  Upwards of 65,000 at some venues.  Paying to watch the game. 

(Just like there will be always be those who will watch your every move, like a hawk, so as to gain an advantage if they can catch you taking undue advantage.)

And after the last second of this game is played, one of the two teams will win.  Their score will be higher, and the other, lower.  One will walk away with the trophy, the other will not.

(And as in Life, we win some, we lose some.  As in, some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you.  And we're granted every chance to win.  But in either case, we should never quit.)

This generation has been taught that everyone goes home with a trophy.  To that I say, Bullsh*t!  Only the winners go home with a trophy!  The losers walk home with bupkus.  Having inculcated this "feel good" balderdash, it's no wonder we have so many undereducated and unprepared citizens running around loose.

Every game you play, whether chess, or Baseball, or Hearts, or bull riding, there's always a winner, and there's always a loser.  In my opinion, your life should mimic Football.  Start practicing, and preparing, and using every strategy and tactic possible when the game starts so as to force your way to success!

We've all got a brand-new year in front of us.  Maybe we ought to resolve to take life by the horns and win!*

*   My Kansas City Chiefs have played in 15 games this year.  They've won 14 of them.  They've scored a total of 357 points.  Meaning they've averaged only about 23 and 1/2 points per game.  Which sucks.  And they've won 14 of them by only a single score.  Only in yesterday's game did they win by more than one score.  Which means they've clawed their way to every single win.  And scored enough to take home the victory.  Next time you try and fail, just think of the Chiefs.  They just became their Conference Champs.  You could too...